Ram Disk
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If you have enough RAM memory in Linux you can create a virtual disk as shown in this video. When you select the virtual disk as swap file the performance gain that can be achieved thanks to parallel disk I/O can be spectacular.
sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=16g tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk
Note: for safety exit PixInsight before mounting the RAM disk.
Configuration example:
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